The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-06-21

now going through the shops and as soon as they
out twelve more. will go in. and so on until
the entire passenger equipment IS rebuilt.
One who is in a position to know what is going
on aud VINO has been in the employ of the Van
dalia company says that the Pennsylvania peo-
pie have had reason for complaint over the ton
mage of freight which the Vandala has been for
warding the T. FL. & L. division and turn
ing competitors of the Pennsylvania
lines freight which should have come forward via
Indianapolis and then gone east over the W. 81.
L. 81 p.
The growth CT the passenger business between
the North and the South. with the development
of business interests in the Southern States, is
causing favorable comment There 10 seldom a
train over any of the roads running bet veen
Chicago, Indianapolis and Cincinnati and the
Southern manufacturing centers which does not
Birmingham, Ala, Atlanta, Ca, or some other
important city or town in the South.
1t seems TO have been very fortunate for the
Bee-line that Henry Monett was appointed gen.
eral passenger agent of the New York Central.
Through his influence the Bee-line part Of
through route, is given the position it is entitled
to. Connections have been made which have
been sought in vain for years by the Bee-line
people. and, as result, the Lake Shore road is
receiving daily from the Bee-line, either through
its st. Louis and Indianapolis its Cincinnati
line, seven sleeping coaches well filed with pas
sengers.
''The statement in Pittsburg Dispatch to the
effect that several of the Panhandle train rob-
bers had been released on their signing com
claims for damages for false arrest and defama-
ton of character, made" said ell-known
officer of that railroad without the Slightest
regard for truth. These men," said he, were
released solely because they were young and it
thought by the company's officers that they
had been led into stealing by other men, such as
conductors and older trainmen. They were
given their places back on the road because we
have confidence in them, and think they will at
tend to their duties and not be led away again"
Nothing has occurred in freight circles of late
hinhh cd any 1afv m
nouncement that the Wabash Western was going
into Chicago. and proposed to cut rates on east
bound freights. The feeling is that this road
has more right to go into that shipping
point to cut rates than the Louisville q Nash
vile has, and the only reason they assign for
doing is that once upon a time they did have
a route there, with which they fed the Detroit d
Eel River, a piece of road which the Wabash
Western still claims to control. Last evening
teecraphed here that Judge Gresham would,
this morning, be asked to interfere in the mat
ter this piece of road still being in the hands OF
the court. The mere announcement that the
Wabash Western proposed to cut rates out OF
Chicago put stop. for the time being. TO all
shipments of grain, the shippers seeming to be
a much interested in the outcome Of the rumor
a the general freight agents
The Chicago and Ohio-river Traffic Associa-
tion meeting, called for yesterday, thinly
attended and its work of little Importance 1t
convened mainly to see what could be done
to punish the c., l., ST. l.. & c. for its past mis-
deeds, and to devise means to prevent it's con-
tinuing to demoraze rates between 1ndianapo-
lis and Chicago; but John Egan. general passen-
ger agent. very wisely stayed away. and al. the
abuse heaped upon the Big Four and its passen-
ger departments went for naught. The passen-
ger men present concluded that they had been
outaeneraled for once by tho c., l., st. l.. & c..
and dropped the warfare; but it is quite evident
that rates in the Chicago and Ohio-river Traffic
Association not to be strictly adhered to
in the future by all lines as they have been for
some weeks past After sanctioning the action
of the Central Traffic Association regards
Fourth-of-July rates and to several association
gatherings. the meeting adjourned.